Jiang Yongxian then came to his senses and asked Qiao Zhiyuan, "Director Qiao, who were Commander Yue and Secretary Yue just now?"
Qiao Zhiyuan's gaze towards Jiang Yongxian instantly changed.
After chuckling twice, he introduced Yue Rongzheng and Yue Jinchen to Jiang Yongxian.
But in his heart, he felt a bit more contempt for Jiang Yongxian.
I don't know what He Zhengguo was thinking, sending someone like this who doesn't even know his wife's father and son, yet dares to come and trample on Haicheng's territory.
No wonder Jiang Yongxian has been married into the He family for several years, but He Zhengguo hasn't promoted him much.
If you lack ability and try to climb the social ladder by relying on a woman, what good is it if you can't win over your shrewd father-in-law?
As Qiao Zhiyuan introduced the restaurant to Jiang Yongxian, he also gave a wink to the restaurant staff.
He had just spoken with Jiang Yongxian for a short while when a staff member came over to him and said, "Director Qiao, we have a phone call for you."
"Director Jiang, please excuse me for a moment." Qiao Zhiyuan politely said to Jiang Yongxian and went to answer the phone.
When he returned, he said to Jiang Yongxian apologetically, "Director Jiang, I'm really sorry, it was a call from my workplace. They said there's a document that I need to go back to handle."
I won't join you for today's meal. Please eat on your own, and put all the expenses in my name.
As he spoke, he greeted the staff in front of Jiang Yongxian and told them to put all of Jiang Yongxian's expenses in his name today.
Then he left in a hurry.
On the surface, Jiang Yongxian politely saw Qiao Zhiyuan out, but in reality, he was so angry he was about to vomit blood.
He knew perfectly well that Qiao Zhiyuan's claim of a temporary emergency at work was a complete lie.
It was just that he saw Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao had gotten close to the Yue family, and he was afraid that if he had dinner with Huo Beixiao again, he would offend the Yue family, so he made up an excuse and ran away.
They're all a bunch of opportunistic scoundrels!
Jiang Yongxian felt frustrated and his brows furrowed.
He couldn't understand how Yang Qiaoqiao and Huo Beixiao could get connected with such a powerful and influential family as Yue's.
An official who reaches the position of Yue family member would not care about money.
Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao may have a little money compared to ordinary people, but that little money is definitely not enough in the eyes of a family like Yuejia's. They cannot win over Yuejia's family with money.
Yue Jinchen had just told Qiao Zhiyuan that his family was having a family dinner today.
In other words, the Yue family treated Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao as family.
Could it be that Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao really have some kind of family relationship with Yue family?
Jiang Yongxian couldn't figure it out for a moment.
Qiao Zhiyuan has left, and he can't possibly eat this meal alone at the restaurant.
Although he couldn't eat alone at the restaurant, he couldn't waste the meal since Qiao Zhiyuan was paying for it.
He ordered the restaurant's most expensive signature dishes, had them prepared and packed for him, and also took a bottle of the finest Moutai liquor and a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes.
When Qiao Zhiyuan received the call from the restaurant and learned about Jiang Yongxian's expenses, his eyes twitched.
He began to wonder if he had made a mistake by siding with He Zhengguo.
On the other side, in a private room.
Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao chatted with Yue family father and son and Su Pan while playing with the children and enjoying the food. The atmosphere was harmonious and everyone had a good time.
The chef at Haicheng Grand Hotel is indeed very skilled; his culinary skills are far superior to those of ordinary small-scale restaurants.
Each dish perfectly brings out the delicious flavor of the ingredients, captivating the taste buds of diners.
After the meal, Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao, as the younger generation, naturally escorted Yue Rongzheng and Su Pan back to Yue's family home first.
When they arrived at Yue’s house, Su Pan wanted Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao to stay with their two children.
Yang Qiaoqiao explained the situation of the Xia family to her.
Upon learning that there were only three elderly people in the Xia family, Su Pan let the two little ones go back, no matter how reluctant she was to part with them.
However, she made a promise to An An and Le Le before leaving that she would visit them the next day.
Su Pan used to work at the Haicheng Foreign Trade Center, but she retired last year after turning 55.
After that, I stayed at home alone, tending to my flowers and drinking tea, and every now and then I would meet up with my old girlfriends to go shopping.
Life was leisurely, but also quite boring.
It was because she was so bored that she kept urging Yue Jinchen to find a partner, get married, and have a child for her to play with.
Now that she has found her nephew and has a grand-nephew, she wants to use her remaining energy on her grand-nephew.
When Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao returned, the things Su Pan brought for them were so numerous that they couldn't even fit in the trunk of their own car. The Yue family even sent a car to transport their belongings.
The two of them initially thought that those items were just the ones Su Pan had bought for the two children that afternoon.
When they arrived at the Xia family's place and unloaded the things from the car, they realized that those things were not the trinkets that Su Pan had bought for the children.
Those were all antique jewelry, including two boxes of shiny large and small yellow croakers, and a box of dazzling diamonds.
Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao were both stunned.
How could this be...?
It was only then that Huo Beixiao remembered what Su Pan had said when they were talking about the things her grandfather left behind—that she should share them with them.
At the time, they both thought it was just a joke from Su Pan.
Unexpectedly, Su Pan broke up with him so easily.
However, remembering that their aunt had said she would come to see the two little ones tomorrow, Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao were not in a hurry to return the things.
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